Main content

Annie Lennox; Nick Park; The Ladykillers

Kirsty Lang presents the verdict on The Ladykillers, a new staging of the Ealing comedy film; Nick Park on his new music video; and Annie Lennox on her Christmas album.

With Kirsty Lang.

Singer Annie Lennox reflects on a career which has seen her push boundaries in both music and fashion, as she releases an album of Christmas songs and sees her V&A exhibition, The House Of Annie Lennox, go on tour early next year.

The Ladykillers, the classic Ealing comedy film, now arrives on stage in a new adaptation by Graham Linehan, with a cast including Peter Capaldi, Ben Miller and James Fleet. Writer Iain Sinclair reviews.

Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park makes a foray into live action directing with a music video for the band Native and the Name. He explains why the song in question had such resonance and how he persuaded 50 members of the Aardman staff to donate their time to help.

In the film Another Earth, a young woman's life is changed forever by the discovery of an identical Earth, moving ever closer to ours. Roger Luckhurst reviews this debut feature from screen-writer and actress Brit Marling.

The musical 42nd Street features a young unknown chorus-line dancer who's forced to step into the starring role when the leading lady can't go on. This actually happened in the opening night of a new production in Leicester. Understudy Lucinda Lawrence reveals what it was like to "come back a star".

Producer Rebecca Nicholson.

Available now

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 8 Dec 2011 19:15

Chapters

  • Annie Lennox

    Interview with Annie Lennox

    Duration: 09:51

  • The Ladykillers

    Kirsty and Iain Sinclair review the play The Ladykillers

    Duration: 04:49

  • Nick Park

    Interview with film maker Nick Park

    Duration: 04:28

  • Lucinda Lawrence

    Interview with actress Lucinda Lawrence

    Duration: 03:28

  • Another Earth

    Kirsty and Roger Luckhurst review the film Another Earth

    Duration: 05:12

Broadcast

  • Thu 8 Dec 2011 19:15

Featured in...

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Arts Digital

The best of British culture live and on demand.

Inspire

Inspire

A season discovering where artists find inspiration and helping listeners get creative.

Podcast